Stripping British National (Overseas) passport holders of Hong 2021-01-21 17:45:21The British immigration scheme for Hong Kong’s BN(O) passport holders is due to open for applications at the end of the month. The scheme offers
Indian iron ore exports to China surged in 2021-01-21 15:30:08India is not poised to become a major new supplier of iron ore to China, despite an increase in iron ore trade between the two countries in 2020, acco
EU Parliament condemns China deal over Hong Kong 2021-01-21 11:34:53The EU has lost credibility on human rights by sealing an investment deal with China, a resolution in the European Parliament warned on Thursday.MEPs
Will Joe Biden meet Xi Jinping? China awaits 2021-01-21 09:30:11As US President Joe Biden takes the helm, he will need to reckon with a very different China than the country he dealt with as vice-president more tha
China-US relations: angels can triumph over evil and 2021-01-21 08:23:49China’s relationship with the United States can be restored and “kind angels can triumph over evil forces”, Beijing said on Thursday
Do fintech giants Alipay and WeChat Pay have 2021-01-21 08:01:45A new regulation drafted by China’s central bank, which seeks to determine whether nonbank institutions qualify as monopolies, has analysts and
China’s weak consumer spending requires its leaders to 2021-01-21 07:00:22Even though the Chinese economy continues its rapid recovery from the coronavirus shock, Beijing’s traditional policy prescriptions are too outd
Japan weighs in on South China Sea dispute, 2021-01-21 06:51:10Japan has joined a battle of diplomatic notes over the South China Sea dispute, adding to pressure on Beijing over its expansive claims in the strateg
Coronavirus: Chinese travellers chafe at tough rural Lunar 2021-01-21 06:30:12As China battles a new spike of Covid-19 infections, stringent pandemic precautions for visitors to the country’s rural areas over Lunar New Yea
As Biden takes office, US still viewed as 2021-01-21 06:06:15The outlook for China-US trade ties under a Joe Biden presidency has been met with mixed views by Chinese economists, with some saying the United Stat
China’s Xinjiang more than doubled its US 2021-01-21 03:00:21Xinjiang’s exports to the United States more than doubled last year, despite increasing pressure on US companies to cut ties with the western Ch
China doubles new renewable capacity in 2020 and 2021-01-21 03:00:21China more than doubled its construction of new wind and solar power plants in 2020 from a year earlier, government data showed, reflecting Beijing&rs
Moscow awaits U.S. response to Russian proposals on 2021-01-22 06:25:29Moscow is waiting for a response from the Joe Biden administration to a set of Russian proposals on overcoming differences between Russia and the Unit
Picturesque crystallized minerals on Dead Sea 2021-01-22 06:12:23Crystallized minerals appear on the surface of the evaporation pond of the Dead Sea in Neve Zohar district in southern Israel on Jan. 21, 2021, which
German scientists help paralyzed mice walk again 2021-01-22 06:03:24German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, re-establishing a neural link hitherto considered irreparable
Rare twin suicide bombings attack in a central 2021-01-22 05:54:25A rare twin suicide bomb attacks in central Baghdad on Thursday killed up to 32 and wounded 110 others, breaking months of relative calm in the Iraqi
First expressway to China's Lahu ethnic autonomous county 2021-01-22 05:51:39After more than four years of construction, the Silan Expressway from Simao District of Pu'er City in Yunnan Province to Lancang County on the China-
HK's temporary hospital: 136 negative pressure rooms with 2021-01-22 05:51:36With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to rage in Hong Kong, construction of the temporary North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Center rea
Fire at COVID-19 vaccine production centre in India 2021-01-22 05:23:33A fire broke out at Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, tearing through a building currently being constructed to inc
Chinese mainland reports 94 new locally transmitted COVID-19 2021-01-22 05:09:34The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 103 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 94 locally transmitted and nine arriving from outside the main
Netizens mock Indian state gov't for renaming dragon 2021-01-22 04:57:25Chinese and foreign netizens are mocking an Indian state government's "very unnecessary" and "over-sensitive" decision to rename the dragon fruit
U.S. Memphis zoo says giant pandas 'healthy' amid 2021-01-22 04:45:14The Memphis Zoo of U.S. state Tennessee said Thursday that two giant pandas living in its facility are "healthy" amid emerging concern over their co
Beijing 2022 preparation receives vote of confidence 2021-01-22 04:24:21President Xi Jinping's recent inspection on Beijing 2022 preparations has sent a reassuring signal to the sporting world that China is determined to
China-Pakistan friendly cooperation to move forward firmly: Chinese 2021-01-22 04:00:23Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday that the world is caught between profound changes unseen in a century and the once-